Zuma’s rape accuser dies

Khwezi, the woman who accused Jacob Zuma of raping her back in 2005, has died.

Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo made headlines back in 2005 when she accused then deputy president Jacob Zuma of rape, a charge he was eventually acquitted of, but cost him the deputy presidency after then president Thabo Mbeki gave him the boot.

Khwezi again made headlines – albeit not of her own volition – when a group of women staged a silent protest during el presidente’s post-election speech back in August.

Her family has confirmed that she’s passed away and said there’d be a public memorial service in remembrance of the “loving soul” they had lost.